I am in Australia and I want to purchase a game that won't be releasing here this year from the US and was wondering if bluray and PS3 games have region coding? The US X360 is NTSC and in Australia we have PAL. Does this apply to bluyray and PS3 games?
I live in Australia to and have done some research on region codes and am happy to say that ALL PS3 GAMES ARE REGION FREE!!!! so feel free to import any game your heart desires (I imported the usa version of grand theft auto 4 because our version got censored)
BUT not all BLU RAY MOVIES are region free and it varies from studio to studio, warner, paramount, sony, universal are usually region free but some disney and a few fox titles are region coded. I use this website http://bluray.liesinc.net/ to find out whats region free. Basically all the movies highlighted green are region free and you can safely import them but the ones in red are region coded and will not play in an aussie ps3. Its updated regularly and it hasnt steered me wrong yet (im up to 110 blu ray movies)
I've lost track of how many times this has been asked. Ah well.
PS3 games are region free but if you are using a standard def hookup to the tv they may not look right due to the resolution differences. Using a high definition set up like component or HDMI is preferred.
Yeh i bought a few games from Asia like The Darkness and Resistance for around AU30 (This was when they were still 100). I love no region codes. Plus the games are in English anyway. Bonus!
Can anyone recommend some good import sites that deliver to the uk if region free is the case, im in in the uk and am usually waiting for games while the us an jp gets all the glory *cough* square-enix *cough*
The region lock on Blu-rays is very easy btw and it includes Japan into the North American region so we can watch anything in japan as well :) (same goes to you Aussies your in with us.) The other 2 are typical PAL and then a 3rd one which is like the rest of the world lol....
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